# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1535&period=all&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1536 --- ## [Wiggles–how do I hate thee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiggles-how-do-i-hate-thee/440515)
**Author:** [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiggles-how-do-i-hate-thee/440515 "2008-03-14T17:11:03Z")
Let me firstly say that I have a 13 month old baby and my wife is pregnant again. love kids. I love Dr Seuss. I love Disney movies. I love Pooh. I love Kitty-chan. I hate the Wiggles and their horrible music. Anything … --- ## [What breeds of dogs have you owned and would you own them again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breeds-of-dogs-have-you-owned-and-would-you-own-them-again/756739)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breeds-of-dogs-have-you-owned-and-would-you-own-them-again/756739 "2016-06-16T02:00:18Z")
So, from childhood to the present, what breeds of dogs have you owned and would you like to own them again? Purebreds or mixes, it doesn’t matter. Siberian Husky: No. When I was five my parents thought it was a GREAT… --- ## [That murder by rebirthing case. Warning: beyond vile.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-murder-by-rebirthing-case-warning-beyond-vile/71468)
**Author:** [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-murder-by-rebirthing-case-warning-beyond-vile/71468 "2001-07-13T14:20:56Z")
There were threads on this case before. This one from April, which was briefly resurrected last month at the utter miscarriage of giving the two murderers a minimal sentence. I posted a brief reply to a much lighter-hea… --- ## [jmullaney -- what's the deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jmullaney-whats-the-deal/44187)
**Author:** [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jmullaney-whats-the-deal/44187 "2000-12-08T06:19:28Z")
Are you a total idiot, or do you just play one on the message board? Frankly, I’m not sure which would be worse – troll or moron – but at this point I’m genuinely curious to know which one is the correct answer. For the… --- ## [Nonbelievers: How do you feel about people praying for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-how-do-you-feel-about-people-praying-for-you/514849)
**Author:** [@Gesturing\_Mildly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gesturing_Mildly)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-how-do-you-feel-about-people-praying-for-you/514849 "2009-11-24T00:25:16Z")
A guy I know, somewhere in between an acquaintance and a friend, just lost his grandfather. I’m a Christian. As far as I know, he isn’t, though he’s never made any “I wish all Christians would FOAD” statements or anyth… --- ## [Has France's WWII performance been fairly judged or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-frances-wwii-performance-been-fairly-judged-or-not/424167)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-frances-wwii-performance-been-fairly-judged-or-not/424167 "2007-10-31T01:36:12Z")
Just for starters, let me explain that I, as the OP, have no particular nationalistic axe to grind. I am a French-Canadian. That makes me a French-speaking North American. I am NOT a Frenchman any more than an English-sp… --- ## [Heroes 11/6 "Nothing to Hide"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-6-nothing-to-hide/379298)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-6-nothing-to-hide/379298 "2006-11-09T21:14:06Z")
Yeah, I’m starting this thread way ahead of time. I just heard an interview with Masi Oka (Hiro) on the radio and wanted to share something. I didn’t want to bump last week’s thread but also didn’t want to start a comple… --- ## [Whatever Became of the Sacagawea Dollar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-became-of-the-sacagawea-dollar/169238)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-became-of-the-sacagawea-dollar/169238 "2004-06-21T21:10:01Z")
It seemed like it had the potential to succeed where the Susan B. dollar failed. It was large and the edge wasn’t milled. It was a different color and had a different feel to it. But lately I haven’t even seen it–in circ… --- ## [Time Travel is impossible because](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-is-impossible-because/829218)
**Author:** [@Stylkng](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stylkng)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-is-impossible-because/829218 "2022-01-22T15:28:13Z")
Time travel is impossible If we were to travel ahead in time because of the constant evolution of bacterias and virusus we would be attacked and killed by bacteria that our bodies couldnt handle if we traveled back in … --- ## [Help me find the word I can't, er, ah, a, oh yes: remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-word-i-cant-er-ah-a-oh-yes-remember/537402)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-word-i-cant-er-ah-a-oh-yes-remember/537402 "2010-04-29T17:29:21Z")
At the age of 82, my memory is not too bad. However, is is not uncommon when talking, writing or thinking, the word I want escapes me completely. I have learned not to sweat it, as if I just keep going, and within 5-15 m… --- ## [1973 Super beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1973-super-beetle/343267)
**Author:** [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1973-super-beetle/343267 "2006-02-07T02:10:07Z")
I am about to buy a 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle. It will be my daily driver, I drive about 65 miles a day. Does anyone have any experience with one of these little cars? Anything I should know? Thanks, TD --- ## [Iraq and Comparisons to Vietnam...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-and-comparisons-to-vietnam/211800)
**Author:** [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-and-comparisons-to-vietnam/211800 "2003-11-17T23:20:25Z")
I noticed that everytime a comparison to Vietnam was mentioned in this board that even anti-Bush americans tended to dismiss it outright. I thought it was strange since the similarities were growing… Of course the compa… --- ## [Creating a sea in Australia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-sea-in-australia/918059)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-sea-in-australia/918059 "2025-01-17T17:55:20Z")
I’ve just read that early explorers believed that there was a sea in the middle of the Land Down Under. A sea was never found there, but I wonder how difficult it would be to create one. Australia is the lowest continen… --- ## [Gardening Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-questions/436447)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-questions/436447 "2008-05-21T01:01:41Z")
Due to hard economic times at the Broomstick household, and because I’m no longer spending several hours a day commuting, I am seriously considering put in a garden in the backyard this year. The landlord has already ap… --- ## [Abnormal perception of size in forest-dwelling people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abnormal-perception-of-size-in-forest-dwelling-people/655462)
**Author:** [@rhysf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhysf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abnormal-perception-of-size-in-forest-dwelling-people/655462 "2013-04-12T16:35:56Z")
In the late 1950s, anthropologist Colin Turnbull spent some time with the BaMbuti pygmies of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He published his observations in the book, The Forest People, which I haven’t read. However, … --- ## [America is Sterilizing ICE Detainees!? What-The-Actual-Fuck...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-sterilizing-ice-detainees-what-the-actual-fuck/920660)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-sterilizing-ice-detainees-what-the-actual-fuck/920660 "2020-09-21T21:25:25Z")
First, source links (because even I wouldn’t believe this is happening in America 2020 without a cite): https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ice-nurse-revealed-georgia-detention-215816246.html https://www.thestreet.com/mi… --- ## [Smoking in Europe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-in-europe/538976)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-in-europe/538976 "2010-05-30T15:32:07Z")
Europeans, are your local and national governments oppressing your right to smoke in the cafes, restaurants and pubs? Can you smoke within 3m of a building? Can you smoke in your parks ? Just asking you know, cause a l… --- ## ["Opus" comic strip suppressed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907)
**Author:** [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opus-comic-strip-suppressed/416907 "2007-08-29T18:44:47Z")
There are no details, but Berkeley Breathed states on his website that many newspapers are not going to print his “Opus” comic strips for August 26 and September 2. Apparently, they don’t want to offend Muslims. Here w… --- ## [Custom classic cars for sale in NC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-classic-cars-for-sale-in-nc/570599)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-classic-cars-for-sale-in-nc/570599 "2013-06-09T03:57:30Z")
These cars were the work and personal property of the late Gordy McLean (my father), a noted and well-respected custom car builder for over 50 years. Well-known in his native Chicago and his adopted home of Fuquay-Varin… --- ## [New Harry Potter questions and theories, w/ spoilers to Ootp and spec beyond...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-harry-potter-questions-and-theories-w-spoilers-to-ootp-and-spec-beyond/219081)
**Author:** [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-harry-potter-questions-and-theories-w-spoilers-to-ootp-and-spec-beyond/219081 "2004-01-12T02:15:03Z")
Part I, The Over Favored Traitor In GoF, Voldemort is walking around his circle of Death Eaters, commenting about one who has fled (Karkarov) and one who has left us forever: which we presume to be Snape, the Death Eate… --- ## [Does my dog need boots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-dog-need-boots/522651)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-dog-need-boots/522651 "2010-05-11T17:28:52Z")
I hope this is the right forum for this problem. Seems like a general question to me, but I guess it might be considered mundane…? you decide. Anyway, here’s the thing. I take my dog for a walk twice a day. A mile … --- ## [What to tip the pizza guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548 "2015-02-17T17:58:56Z")
A friend came up from Chicago to do some work on the house. He likes Papa John’s pizza, so I have ordered it to be delivered in two hours. I’m getting a pizza and some cheese sticks. The place is a little over a mile fr… --- ## [Words kids make up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-kids-make-up/595583)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-kids-make-up/595583 "2011-09-09T18:34:44Z")
My kid (when younger) or his friends have made up words for things sometimes. They are usually readily understandable. Two that come to mind: “Balloon-pop” - The small colorful rubbery bit left over from a balloon after… --- ## [Screw you, Stephen Harper!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-stephen-harper/577550)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-stephen-harper/577550 "2011-04-11T19:19:39Z")
The city I reside in, though provincial, is large enough that during an election you can pretty much count on each of the party leaders to make a stop here. And rightly so, it’s a large city and home to a prestigious Uni… --- ## ["Is That Your Natural Hair Colour?" "Screw You."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-your-natural-hair-colour-screw-you/370518)
**Author:** [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-your-natural-hair-colour-screw-you/370518 "2006-09-01T03:17:42Z")
I’m putting this in IMHO because I have a feeling it isn’t enraged enough for the Pit. Why is it that in certain circumstances, people lose all sense of decorum? Prime example: I have red hair. At least a hundred zill… --- ## [Is it there any logical argument to be a meat eater, but offended by hunting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-there-any-logical-argument-to-be-a-meat-eater-but-offended-by-hunting/549250)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-there-any-logical-argument-to-be-a-meat-eater-but-offended-by-hunting/549250 "2010-08-08T15:28:27Z")
I run into this argument every once in a while. The argument is usually that " I dont think its ok to kill for “fun”". How would you respond to this position? --- ## [Daycare center has a no-share policy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daycare-center-has-a-no-share-policy/655934)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daycare-center-has-a-no-share-policy/655934 "2013-04-18T01:31:08Z")
I like this philosophy. They aren’t saying ‘no sharing’ actually, but they are saying that it isn’t good to force the kids to share, and this makes sense to me. The kids should learn that no one has to hand you somethi… --- ## [The "I've seen Machete" thread (giant spoilers ahoy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-seen-machete-thread-giant-spoilers-ahoy/552525)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-seen-machete-thread-giant-spoilers-ahoy/552525 "2011-09-14T21:42:20Z")
That was a fun way to spend a Friday afternoon. There was a previous thread about the trailer, but this was one of those films where the trailer didn’t do the movie justice. And given the awesomeness of the trailer, that… --- ## [What's the origin of \*riding shotgun\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-origin-of-riding-shotgun/239155)
**Author:** [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-origin-of-riding-shotgun/239155 "2004-04-24T22:21:26Z")
I predict that at sometime in the future, some errant etymologist will mistakenly claim that “taking a shotgun approach,” in the sense of tossing out handfuls of shit and hoping some of it sticks, is derived from this co… --- ## [Twins Euthanized: Possible in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-euthanized-possible-in-the-us/647218)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-euthanized-possible-in-the-us/647218 "2013-01-21T00:56:15Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/deaf-twins-going-blind-euthanized-165500992--abc-news-topstories.html Wow. I just saw this story on Yahoo, and couldn’t reconcile it with the poli/religious climate in the US. What would happen if … --- ## [Your longest bout of celibacy...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303)
**Author:** [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303 "2003-02-11T18:03:32Z")
I’m going on 4 months and it’s killing me. If I don’t get some soon, I’m going to spontaneously combust. --- ## [Why can't we close our ears?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-close-our-ears/631698)
**Author:** [@Dickie.and.his.cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dickie.and.his.cat)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-close-our-ears/631698 "2012-08-20T10:15:01Z")
Hello All, I’ve often wished I could have evolved so I could close my ears (without the obvious use off fingers or hands). It would be really useful in all sorts of situations, public transport, noisy neighbours, office… --- ## [How can I get my family to stop pawning off useless crap on me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-family-to-stop-pawning-off-useless-crap-on-me/698483)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-family-to-stop-pawning-off-useless-crap-on-me/698483 "2014-09-29T18:34:15Z")
My grandparents and my father are always trying to give me worthless junk. Sometimes they even buy this crap … somewhere for me if it is on sale. I never ask for it, they just go out and buy it for some reason. I have … --- ## [What under-30 actors will still be working a decade from now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-under-30-actors-will-still-be-working-a-decade-from-now/728210)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-under-30-actors-will-still-be-working-a-decade-from-now/728210 "2025-12-08T14:11:07Z")
I’m fairly sure we’ve discussed this before. Why, I may have even be the one to start the thread. But there’s no way to prove it, as board search is terribly wonky and every time I enter my own name into Google Search, I… --- ## [How Many Zeros in a Row are Possible in Pi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-zeros-in-a-row-are-possible-in-pi/1007562)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-zeros-in-a-row-are-possible-in-pi/1007562 "2024-10-18T19:49:03Z")
A random thought just passed through my brain. This happens a lot. In a base 10 representation of pi, is there a limit on how many zeros might appear in a row? If there is a limit, what is it? How would this be deter… --- ## [America is not socialist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-not-socialist/28183)
**Author:** [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2000, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-not-socialist/28183 "2000-08-23T09:07:14Z")
I was prompted to create this thread by something pldennison said in the thread about libertarianism. Not to pick on you, others have done it too. America is in no way socialist. It is the perfect example of capitalism. … --- ## [Do Americans get too much information about Jewish culture, relatively speaking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-americans-get-too-much-information-about-jewish-culture-relatively-speaking/493037)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-americans-get-too-much-information-about-jewish-culture-relatively-speaking/493037 "2009-04-15T01:02:07Z")
According to Wikipedia, the American Jewish population is between 5.1 and 6.4 million, or between 1.7% and 2.2% of the total US population. Given how small a percentage of the US population they consist, it’s surprising… --- ## [OK, Here I Go.... (Hurricane related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-here-i-go-hurricane-related/319399)
**Author:** [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-here-i-go-hurricane-related/319399 "2005-09-02T16:49:17Z")
I’m SO FUCKING SICK of all this “they deserved it” for living in a “hurricane prone area below sea level” shit. Am I alone? Does anybody with a soul really believe anybody in New Orleans or South Mississippi could hav… --- ## [Driving In The U.S. With Foreign Plates In A Foreign Script](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-the-u-s-with-foreign-plates-in-a-foreign-script/968977)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-the-u-s-with-foreign-plates-in-a-foreign-script/968977 "2025-03-02T03:18:27Z")
This Polish woman is driving across the U.S. in her camper van, the vehicle proudly displaying Polish/EU plates. Some Googling seems to reveal that it’s perfectly OK to drive a vehicle in the US with foreign plates on it… --- ## [Mythbusters Fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-fans/350392)
**Author:** [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-fans/350392 "2006-05-27T03:57:27Z")
I know there are a bunch of Mythbuster fans on the board. There’s an article in the Los Gatos (CA) Weekly Times about the show and Myth-Hottie Kari Byron. Most important revelation in the story: Kari will have a four pa… --- ## [What was your High School Class Rank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-rank/642767)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-high-school-class-rank/642767 "2012-12-04T19:57:18Z")
What was your High School Class Rank? --- ## ["Handsomest Man" Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466 "2003-06-27T07:14:41Z")
To follow up on our “Most Beautiful Women” poll . . . I nominate: Errol Flynn the late Gregory Peck Maurice Barrymore Titian’s Young Englishman --- ## [Where's the science that determines how strict a lockdown we need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-science-that-determines-how-strict-a-lockdown-we-need/852220)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-science-that-determines-how-strict-a-lockdown-we-need/852220 "2020-04-25T01:30:08Z")
Governor Gavin Newsom says he will reopen California by science, not politics: (Newsom tells protesters of stay-at-home order he will be swayed by science, not politics) Okay. So where’s the science that says what typ… --- ## [Married/single in languages other than English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-single-in-languages-other-than-english/499173)
**Author:** [@Notassmartasithought](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Notassmartasithought)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-single-in-languages-other-than-english/499173 "2009-06-11T12:38:17Z")
I can’t believe this hasn’t come up here, but I did a couple of searches and couldn’t find it. In the last 30+ years, English speakers have adopted the term “Ms.” to hide the single/married status of a woman, especially… --- ## [What was wrong with The Chevy Chase Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-wrong-with-the-chevy-chase-show/523171)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-wrong-with-the-chevy-chase-show/523171 "2010-01-02T18:34:10Z")
I’m consistently amazed at what shows people have recorded and saved over the years. Old commercials for coffee, Saturday morning cartoons, and the topic of this thread: The Chevy Chase Show. I was 11 when this show deb… --- ## [Ask the former teenage mother who gave her baby up for adoption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-teenage-mother-who-gave-her-baby-up-for-adoption/498525)
**Author:** [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-teenage-mother-who-gave-her-baby-up-for-adoption/498525 "2009-06-05T20:31:54Z")
I searched and didn’t find an “ask \[whatever\]” thread on this topic, but I feel compelled to share. All the debate going on in the Pit over Dr. Tiller’s murder brought back some …unpleasant memories. And as I don’t think… --- ## [My boss is Hindu - should I send him a card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-is-hindu-should-i-send-him-a-card/477920)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-is-hindu-should-i-send-him-a-card/477920 "2008-12-21T23:49:49Z")
I’m giving holiday cards (that just say "Season’s Greetings) to my co-workers. My supervisor is Hindu; they don’t really have any December holidays of note. Should I give him one of these cards? Should I find somethin… --- ## [Is "consarnit!" still current anywhere in the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-consarnit-still-current-anywhere-in-the-united-states/620643)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-consarnit-still-current-anywhere-in-the-united-states/620643 "2014-04-29T05:09:25Z")
For that matter, was it ever a commonly used term? --- ## [Your favorite Idiot Plots (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-idiot-plots-open-spoilers/432283)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-idiot-plots-open-spoilers/432283 "2008-01-10T23:12:13Z")
You know, stories where the action can proceed only by having characters act like total gibbering idiots. IMHO, this is really just an example of lazy writing - they need to move from Point A to Point B, and instead of … --- ## [Survivor: South Pacific October 12 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-october-12-2011/599473)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-south-pacific-october-12-2011/599473 "2011-10-20T21:25:16Z")
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